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Monkeys Storytime

Family Storytime:
I always open with Open Shut Them and close with The More We Get Together

Books:Sock-Monkey Boogie- Woogie by Cece Bell

There Was an Old Monkey Who Swallowed a Frog by Jennifer Ward

Flannelboard Storytelling:

I used THE BOBTAIL MONKEY, A TALE FROM JAPAN by Dianne de Las Casas﻿. I subscribe to her Storytime Connection newsletter and this story was in May's newsletter. In the story, the monkey trades a razor (which I turned into scissors), wood, cookies, and a gong. I printed all of those out in order to have something on the flannelboard. This story also requries the audience to participate. It was my first storytelling and I think it went quite well. I'd like to incorporate more in the future.

Songs:

5 Little Monkeys Swinning in a Tree

5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. (I am always out of breath by the end of this one! So.Much.Jumping! :)

Action Rhyme:

Monkey See, Monkey Do,

Little Monkey in the Zoo.

Monkey Monkey in the Tree

Can You Jump Around Like Me?

(swing tail, clap you hands, nod your head...)

Craft:

Also taken from Dianne de Las Casas﻿. Only this time it was on her blog Storytime Connection. Instead of cutting out all of the circles that Dianne has for her craft, I used google eyes. Who does love those?! The kids did add a craft stick to theirs, although we did not write I Love You on it. With a large crowd, you sometimes have to limit the activity.